Department of Defense, actions needed to address five key mission challenges : report to congressional addressees.

Format:

Book

Government document

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Defense--Management--Evaluation.

United States. Department of Defense--Appropriations and expenditures.

United States. Department of Defense--Personnel management.

United States. Department of Defense.

Cyberspace operations (Military science)--United States.

United States--Armed Forces--Operational readiness.

United States--Armed Forces--Organization.

Armed Forces--Operational readiness.

Armed Forces--Organization.

Cyberspace operations (Military science).

Expenditures, Public.

Management--Evaluation.

Personnel management.

United States.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4, iii, 75 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

Actions needed to address five key mission challenges

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2017.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

"The United States faces a complex national security environment, to include strategic challenges presented by traditional state actors and destabilizing nonstate actors, such as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Recognizing these challenges, DOD has emphasized the importance of providing forces that are capable of performing a full range of missions. GAO has issued hundreds of reports that bring greater attention to areas where DOD can strengthen its operations to more efficiently and effectively meet its mission. This report identifies (1) key challenges affecting DOD's ability to accomplish its mission, progress made on these challenges, and work remaining; and (2) factors that have affected DOD's ability to address these key challenges. This report builds on GAO's past work with an emphasis on reports issued since 2011. GAO also analyzed DOD information on recent actions taken in response to GAO's prior work"--Preliminary page.

Contents:

DOD has made progress addressing key challenges in accomplishing its mission, but significant work remains. Rebalance forces and rebuild readiness in an evolving global security environment

Mitigate threats in cyberspace and expand cyber capabilities

Control escalating costs and manage finances

Strategically manage human capital

Achieve greater efficiencies in Defense business operations

Four cross-cutting factors have affected DOD's ability to address key mission challenges

Concluding observations.

Notes:

"June 2017."

"GAO-17-369."

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF cover (GAO, viewed June 16, 2017).

OCLC:

990181495